Antiques

[Mags22]

What is the best topic to ask about an antique I have ( no, not OH). ?

[melv16]

On any of gness's threads:-)

[tamborine]

Here....youve started so now you can finish ;) ask away.....

[tonyav]

melv16
On any of gness's threads:-)


ohhhh, he's dead.

[tonyav]

Ask away, Mags.

[AlwaysConfused]

i'd vote for shopping

[tamborine]

Naughty step melv before gness locks you in her shed.

[tamborine]

Upload your antique pic here

http://tinypic.com/

[stuey]

Antiques? Best place would be where the old folks hang out: What is your question concerning antiques?:)

[Mags22]

Well, I'll try it out on you guys then. - it's a ceramic ashtray, with figure of a little naked gnomey man, holding a jar of Chairman tobacco, standing on a rounded bit with the words Chairman tobacco written on, with a shell shaped ashtray as base, it is marked royal Staffordshire pottery,(A J Wilkinson) honey glaze. I inherited it from an aunt, as I always loved it, and could date back to 1930s, it's cream coloured. When my son was a teenager he used to turn it round when I wasn't looking and tried to convince me it moved itself! And my sister and I used to think the wee man resembled our postman......anyone any ideas as to where I could find more about it, tried googling but could take forever.

[stuey]

You might find it here: https://search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?p=a+j+wilkinson+royal+staffordshire+pottery&ei=UTF-8&hspart=mozilla&hsimp=yhs-003

[Ouzel]

Is this the same one -

http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/royal-staffordshire-chairman-tobacco-250434283

[hc4361]

£400!

[Peter Pedant]

Jesus someone wants to pay a monkey for the ugly little man

I would sell....

as Dicko might say - I would put £20-40 on it but the valuers have gone crazy

[stuey]

I wonder what it actually sold for.

[stuey]

Peter, a "monkey"?: is that a Britishism for 400 pounds?

[DTCwordfan]

five hundred (cans of beer) stuey.....

[stuey]

DTCwordfan, I do appreciate you interpreting the expression in terms which are comprehensible to me:)

[Jackdaw33]

A monkey is £500, a pony is £25.

[Mags22]

Ouzel, that is the very one! Would never sell him though! Brings back happy memories. Thankyou for your help, my naughty son will be surprised